Frank Conniff: My fellow writers might not want to hear this, but AI is a useful tool for certain aspects of the craft, like for instance when you’re engaged in the process of being a talentless shitbag hack who is too lazy to do any fucking writing.

Thanks Mary! #HorrorWritersChat, if you're a fan of Gothic horror, then check out "The Pure World Comes," about a maid in Victorian England who goes to work for a mad scientist. Think Frankenstein and Crimson Peak had a baby together. It's sure to entertain you! www.amazon.com/Pure-World-C...

#HorrorWritersChat Currently a SPFBO 11 semi-finalist, The Boddicker Letters is an epistolary story about a man drawn inexorably toward a life he could not have imagined. Also, there's fish sex and a lot of gross imagery so...you know...that rules too. www.amazon.com/Boddicker-Le...

I don't really have anything new to shout out for self promo except that my next book, #Heliruna, is coming out September 18th (but I've already announced that). Follow me on here for updates and eventually the preorder link once preorder goes live. 👀

Thanks for another great #HorrorWritersChat If you want some nice, quick scares, all of my work is free on my Ko-fi. I'm pretty good at making up monsters, so come on by and see what's going bump in the night. Stay Spooky, everybody ko-fi.com/thelastsomet...

#HorrorWritersChat As the next story in the #runnerowen series comes out next week I HOPE: Here's where you can get the first, Friend of the Damned. Please tell me if you like the 2nd person/epistolary POV, I'm afraid it's too confusing... vincentlore.itch.io/friend-of-th... payhip.com/b/8Taym

Attention fellow autistic authors! Do you have a horror book available in hoopla? I'm putting together a graphic I'm hoping to share next week. (Below is the working graphic.) If you'd like me to include yours, send me the title. #HorrorWritersChat

Lovely time, #HorrorWritersChat! Glad I made it. Great questions. <3 As for promo, since I have all my shorts up on it as PWYW I will link the shop: payhip.com/AReinke

Speaking of isolation, April is Autism Acceptance Month. Looking for a book where a young autistic woman follows her special interest straight into a remote, insular religious community? I've got you covered! Books2Read link is currently down, but LWF is available most places. #HorrorWritersChat

#HorrorWritersChat Need an assistant? Work with me. From one-off projects to regular weekly/monthly help, get the custom support you need from a pro. I can create that marketing you've been putting off, write the website copy you've been meaning to update, and more. Get it done. Get Mary Wyrd 👋

It took a long time, but I've learned to reach out to people and be honest; it's now not unusual for me to message someone and say "Hey, I'm feeling quite lonely, do you think we could chat?" #HorrorWritersChat

I like to use a combination of long, descriptive, run-on sentences that focus on insanely small details like the splinter working its way into the flesh of a hand... and smaller, shorter, staccato sentences that focus on a person's physical reactions; breath, heartbeat, sweat. #HorrorWritersChat

Two kinds: 1) the loneliness you get from being alone in a crowd, where you're trying to connect but the connection just isn't there... 2) the isolation of wilderness, that feels so freeing until you realise that if anything happened, no-one would know... #HorrorWritersChat

I'm Fen! I write folk horror and dark fantasy. My favourite story of isolation is probably the game LIMBO; the feeling of being so small and alone against such a big world is very palpable and well done. #HorrorWritersChat

Also, this.

If you want a writer to write what you want them to write on demand, you should come prepared to pay.

Finally re-written and re-posted the first meeting of our dynamic duo on Patreon! The next 3 chapters are ready to go for the next 3 Sundays, and you can read this and everything else for just £1 a month. #AmWriting #WritersOfBlueSky #WritingCommunity patreon.com/posts/oathsworn-1-meet-154797023

Hey to all my Creator friends out there: Ya might want to check your Adobe subscriptions before the next billing cycle.

Finally re-written and re-posted the first meeting of our dynamic duo on Patreon! The next 3 chapters are ready to go for the next 3 Sundays, and you can read this and everything else for just £1 a month. #AmWriting #WritersOfBlueSky #WritingCommunity patreon.com/posts/oathsworn-1-meet-154797023

THEY TRAINED THE AI ON ACTUAL WRITERS. YOU CANNOT TELL IF SOMETHING IS AI SIMPLY BASED ON IT USING PROPER GRAMMAR. IT STOLE FROM US!!! IT STOLE!!! IT IS A THIEF AND I WILL NOT EVER BE QUIET ABOUT IT!!!!

For today's #RepostYourArt theme of cats or dogs, here's a peaceful garden scene #Caturday

are you: trans? a metal musician? want to contribute to a compilation album that will raise money directly for trans people in need? then what the fuck are you waiting for?? get in the pit!! forms.gle/dhtLGhurrwQs...

We must reject “genAI is here to stay” being repeated as if it is accepted fact. It is a bootlicking opinion!

Normal service is resumed.

You may not like it, but this is what peak male performance looks like.

It's Trans Day of Visibility today. If you're trans and are raising money for something (I don't care what it is), reply to this thread and I will boost you. If you are a cis person, take a look and find someone to support if you can. Everyone give this a share after.

I've reshuffled and reorganised my #Patreon to make it easier for non-members to read the free posts on there. Go check it out, and if you like what you see, consider signing up for a paid membership from just £1 a month! patreon.com/fenwinterstales #WritersOfBlueSky #Writing #WriteSky #BookSky

Look we all need to sit down and sort out that “death of the author” and “separate the art from the artist” do not mean the same, freely interchangeable thing.

Trying something out! I've grouped everything thats free to read at the top of my #Patreon so that folks who'd like to try before they buy can see it all in one spot. Good way to lay it out, do you think? patreon.com/fenwinterstales #WritersOfBlueSky #WriteSky #BookSky

Neil Gaiman had three TV series he was working on canceled by execs because of how he abused women and sexually exploited them. He’s a terrible person and I will never support his work again. JKR is exponentially worse than Gaiman.

You would get so many more amazing books if you had Universal Basic Income. Not even the most dream-scenario AI could compete with the creativity of a world of authors no longer afraid of affording rent.

A perfectly punk Storm Art by Jeehyung Lee #xmen

This is a fantastic thought process please never stop.

I made the mistake of working out the hourly cost of a crochet gift and uh. I can NEVER give my friends this information. #Crochet #Fibercraft

Inspired by #DungeonsAndDragons, Crocodiles, and black-footed cats, here's a late Fiction Friday piece for you, available on #Patreon and #Ko-Fi for as little as £1 a month! www.patreon.com/posts/detect... ko-fi.com/post/Detect-... #Writing #WriterSky #WritingCommunity #ShortStory #Fantasy

For whoever needs to hear this I'm the only Jewish person to lead a political party - third largest in the country. The Daily Mail have been & always will be my enemy - they historically supported fascists & continue to do so. I'll take no lectures from them on Antisemitism.

Inspired by @vaspider.gay on Current Media Stuff, I figured I should resurrect the essay I wrote 5 years ago. Please go read it and sign up to their Patreon if you can (linked at the top of my post) (maybe sign up to mine too?) www.patreon.com/posts/on-dea...

Just a reminder that they still intend to do this, dont let the backlash die down, keep cancelling your subscription.

Meanwhile, want to support a writer-about-wizards who's (a) been doing it longer than the younger, less experienced writer, and (b) doesn't like ruining people's lives? Try these. (Not if you're in the UK, sorry: Brexit...) bit.ly/YWNMESET

#books #reading #writingcommunity #wolves #funny #booksky

Oh my gosh I just had the BEST idea They'd be the Tabaxi equivalent of a Black-Footed Cat!! So instead of their size class being medium, they'd be small!

The trouble with #Writing a #DnD piece is that now I have a new character I want to play. They're a Tabaxi Death Domain cleric called Silent Paws on Midnight Sands. ... does anyone know of a good character creation site that ISN'T DnDBeyond?

Live now! This will likely be a shorter stream than usual because I got NO sleep last night and nearly 30 straight hours awake is starting to wear on me a little bit. So let's see how long I last with The Wandering Village! twitch.tv/winters_chills

Primula vulgaris is one of our first spring woodland blooms and an important nectar source for pollinators. In Cumbrian dialects, 'prime-rose' is primrose, and touching a rock with a posy of primrose flowers will open a doorway to Fairyland. #FairytaleTuesday #spring

Oh hey so remember I mentioned at (checks) 2am that I did blurbs for all 3 books of my WIP? Well, they're dropping today, completely free! Blurb for book 1 is already up, with the other 2 to follow! www.patreon.com/posts/oathsw... ko-fi.com/post/Oathswo... #WritersOfBlueSky #UrbanFantasy

In addition to the 3 blurbs earlier, tonight I wrote out the full plot for book 1. Feeling very accomplished. Pay no attention to it being 3am at time of posting. Its fine. Its fine. #Writing #AmWriting #WriteSky #WritersOfBlueSky #Writer

It is just gone midnight and for some unknown, godsforsaken reason, my brain has just spat out pretty perfect blurbs for all 3 books in the Oathsworn Trilogy. Impressive as books 1 and 2 aren't finished, and I haven't even started on book 3. #WritersofBlueSky #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

The latest episode of Philosophy Tube is about conversion therapy, why it’s still legal in the UK, and the ways the British government is implicated in it making it NHS policy. Proud to expose this stuff ✊ youtu.be/_S5w18sjYLk?...

Me: Hmmmm. What if... [REDACTED huge amounts of rubber-ducking and spaghetti-throwing due to spoilers] Me: Oh that's good. Now I just need to figure out who to do that to. Partner: 😲 Me: I'm joking! Me: ... I knew exactly who I was doing it to the second the thought popped into my head #writing